The federal government published this booklet to promote the domestic production of silk. Topics covered in these excerpts include information about prices of wares of specific producers from other countries, a chart of observations about rearing silkworms, directions for dyeing, and illustrations of the equipment used in spinning and weaving the threads. More than six thousand copies of the booklet were sold in the U.S., and although New England farmers attempted to rear silkworms and grow the mulberry trees they fed upon, few were successful. The industry failed due to hard winters in 1840-1842, and an 1844 mulberry tree blight.
Secretary of the Treasury. Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury-Growth and Manufacture of Silk. February 27, 1828. Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, American Centuries. https://americancenturies.org/collection/l02-060/. Accessed on October 16, 2024.
Please note: Citations are generated automatically from bibliographic data as a convenience, and may not be complete or accurate.